Cowan added his second try of the match and Eamonn Sheridan and Alex Lewington also went over for Exiles after the break, while the other six points came from the boot of replacement fly-half Myles Dorrian.

But despite scoring a total of 41 tries in their six group games and finishing with a massive points difference of plus-228, Irish go out of the competition because they lost 32-14 to Stade Francais in Paris, a bigger margin than their 24-13 win over them at Madejski Stadium a week earlier.